Is the Bible Still Relevant? With Jeremy Williams

In the season’s sixth episode, Jonathan, Katie and Annie ask some hard questions about what the Bible really is. Annie then interviews New Testament scholar Jeremy Williams about the Bible and power.

Jeremy L. Williams is Assistant Professor of New Testament and Director of the Center for Theology and Justice at Brite Divinity School in Fort Worth, Texas. He holds a bachelor of arts from Vanderbilt University, a master of divinity from Yale Divinity School, and a doctor of philosophy from Harvard University.

Resources for this episode:

“Criminalization in Acts of the Apostles” by Jeremy L. Williams ~ https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/criminalization-in-acts-of-the-apostles/CA598B2A581AF1C5DD944EE1042BC876

“Wisdom Ways: Introducing Feminist Biblical Interpretation” by Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza ~ https://orbisbooks.com/products/wisdom-ways?srsltid=AfmBOopsON8f8JxOpnVnqZ13kNB3xVC7eG7TWBi3F_x6YNDqyWyOnt1v

“Womanist Midrash, Volume 1: A Reintroduction to the Women of the Torah and the Throne” by Wilda C. Gafney ~ https://www.wjkbooks.com/bookproduct/066423903x-womanist-midrash-volume-1/

“What Is the Bible?” by Rob Bell ~ https://robbell.com/book/what-is-the-bible/

Jeremy Williams ~ https://brite.edu/staff/jeremy-williams

About the podcast:

The first season of “Sunday School Rejects” delivers nine episodes on the topic of purity culture, which partly defined the Christian youth experiences of the Rejects. From pledge cards and rings to ceremonies and conferences, the purity culture of conservative Christianity left its mark on these three friends from Texas, who went on to earn advanced degrees in theology and related fields.

The season’s first four episodes drop together as they offer a foundation for what’s to come. After that, episodes drop weekly and take deeper dives into purity culture. The Rejects tell their own stories and also solicit the expertise of Amy Butler, Matthew Paul Turner and Jeremy Williams.

Episodes start dropping Wednesday, May 6, 2026. Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts.